Michael Jellicoe

Michael Jellicoe was Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service from 1974, succeeding Colin Blamire.

Biography
Michael Jellicoe was born in London, England, and he served in the Metropolitan Police Service for years before being appointed Commissioner in 1974, succeeding Colin Blamire. Jellicoe inherited a police force which was suffering from rampant corruption, and he and Commander Arthur Fieldson clamped down on the Soho porn baron Benny Barratt's businesses and on corrupt policemen. Barratt was arrested that same year, and he was caught with tapes which incriminated several policemen in corruption; the former policemen John Salway and Harold Chapple were both arrested and sent to prison. By 1979, Jellicoe had fired 800 policemen in an attempt to reshape the Met's image, but police brutality remained a major issue.